okay Earth Science The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a magnitude of 7.0 with an epicentre near the town of Leogano about 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince Haiti’s capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday‚ 12 January 2010. By January 24‚ at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake the Haitian government reported that an estimated 230‚000
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Summary This study has been made for the purpose that every people in Visayas must be ready at all times. The natural phenomenon called earthquake cannot be controlled. It is accustomed by the movement of the plates that no one can predict when it will happen. The different government agency- PHIVOLCS‚ which keeps a record on the intensity and magnitude of the earthquake in all parts of the country whose task‚ is to inform the people the level of crisis that arises. They keep on track 24 hours giving
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Christie Informative Speech Outline Title: How to perform CPR Specific Purpose: To inform my audience how to perform CPR when responding to an emergency situation. Central Idea: In order to save a victim’s life it is important to know the three steps of CPR: survey the scene‚ contact emergency medical services (EMS)‚ and start CPR. Body: I. According to the American Red Cross‚ the first step in any emergency is to survey the scene. A. The most important thing to remember while performing
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An earthquake of a magnitude of 9.0 that occurred in Japan at 2:46 pm on Friday March 11‚ 2011 did a significant amount of damage in the region‚ as the following tsunami did even much more damage‚ flooding about 560 square kilometers resulting in a human death toll of about 19‚000 and the destruction of coastal ports‚ towns and buildings (Fukushima Accident‚ 2016). Eleven reactors at four different nuclear power plants in the region were operating at the time and were all shut down when the earthquake
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Earthquake activity in Pakistan is mainly concentrated in the north and western sections of the country‚ along the boundary of the Indian plate and the Iranian and Afghan micro-plates. The Chaman Fault runs along Pakistan’s western frontier with Afghanistan from Kalat‚ in the northern Makran range‚ past Quetta and then on to Kabul‚ Afghanistan. A fault also runs along the Makran coast and is believed to be of the same nature as the West Coast fault along the coast of Maharashtra‚ India. An active
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Michael Marrell Informative Speech Outline Topic: Changing engine oil Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the three steps to changing their engine oil. Central Idea: The three steps in changing engine oil are gathering the necessary supplies‚ draining and filling the oil‚ and safely disposing of the oil. Introduction I. Have you ever been stranded on the side of the road? It’s never a good thing. Keeping up with your vehicle maintenance is a very important element. According to
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disaster is the occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of society or community. In January 2010 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti caused>200‚000 deaths thousands of injuries requiring immediate surgical interventions‚ and 1.5 million internally displaced survivors. The earthquake destroyed most medical facilities in the city seriously preventing the ability to deliver immediate help. Community nurse can help assist with all types
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CNN: A special news report-This morning‚ there was an earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale shaked Taiwan at 1:45am on September 21‚1999. The epicenter is a mile under the ground in Nantou near Puli. There are many buildings crushed‚ and even a twelve floor-high rise building suddenly became a two floor- high rise building (the first to the sixth floors dipped into the underground‚ and the seventh to the twelfth floors went diagonally down and damaged the road.) As of press time the Disaster
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Geography- Pakistan’s Earthquake on 2005 The most unfortunate disaster happened in Pakistan on 8th October 2005 and was thought to be the strongest ever to hit the region in a century; a magnitude of 7.6 devastating earthquake occurred in the Himalayan region of northern Pakistan and Kashmir‚ moreover there was a 24 hours of aftershock‚ resulting a huge amount of damaged area across northern of Pakistan and border areas of India; buildings are flattened; the sights of massive triggering landslides
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Pakistan Earthquake? On 8th October 2005‚ a devastating earthquake struck at the town of Muzaffarabad in Kashmir located in the country of Pakistan at about 8:50 am in the morning. It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale‚ affecting millions of people. Figures have shown that about 88‚710 people died‚ 106‚266 people were injured and up to three million became homeless and without proper shelter. There were many reasons why so many people died in the Pakistan Earthquake. One reason
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